![]() ![]() He’s very intelligent, but knows that means little when your black and a high school dropout. Franklin is a tall handsome handyman who works construction. It’s a fictional book about a black woman and man who struggle with society’s views, relationships, and life in general.ĭisappearing Acts is based on the everyday struggles of a black woman Zora, and man Franklin, living in New York during the 80���s. I’m reviewing the book Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan. It was well-written but I did not like the storyline or Franklin. Everything - their pasts, their independence, their plans - evaporates in the electric charge of one of the most passionate, turbulent and memorable affairs in contemporary fiction." (From Amazon) The last thing she wants is to disappear into another relationship, and wind up with another broken heart.īut when Franklin sees Zora and Zora sees Franklin, none of it means a damn. She's going to get an apartment, get fit, and get her first songs down on a demo tape. She's a music teacher, fresh from Ohio, looking for that one big break as a singer-songwriter. All Franklin really wants is to stay together, stay in work and, most of all, stay out of love.Īnd Zora. Not in New York anyway, and especially not if you're black. But his ex-wife's riding him for money to keep their two children, and there's no security in construction work. He's young, he's six-feet-four and he likes to pump iron. "Franklin's tired of women, tired of trouble. ![]()
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